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Active Drilling Rigs January 2016

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U.S. Active Drilling Rigs January 2016

Bakken Total: 49
Montana: 0
North Dakota: 49
South Dakota: 0
Rocky Mountain Total: 75
Colorado: 22
New Mexico: 34
Utah: 3
Wyoming: 16
Central Plains Total: 94 
Arkansas: 0
Kansas: 11
Oklahoma: 83
Gulf States Total: 39
Alabama: 0
Louisiana North: 26
Louisiana South: 8
Mississippi: 5
Texas Total: 305
Texas RRC
District 1: 34
District 2: 33
District 3: 18
District 4: 9
District 5: 3
District 6: 16
District 7B: 5
District 7C: 30
District 8: 133
District 8A: 12
District 9: 3
District 10: 9
Marcellus Total: 51
Ohio: 14
Pennsylvania: 25
West Virginia: 12
*Data from January 8, 2016 RigData Report

Drillers

More wells were started by the top ten drillers in this month’s report compared to the previous month. (A total of 905 more wells, going from 12,540 to 13,445 well starts.)
*Data through 01/01/2016

Top 10 Drillers

Rank Company Footage Drilled Well Starts
1  Helmerich & Payne, Inc  45,227,457  3,898
2  Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LLC  26,653,597  2,257
3  Nabors Industries, Ltd.  22,606,285  2,282
4  Ensign Energy Services, Inc.  9,127,513  1,183
5  Precision Drilling Trust  9,036,612  909
6  Unit Corporation  7,997,066  702
7  Seventy Seven Energy, Inc.  7,784,325  705
8  Trinidad Energy Services Income Trust  6,472,238  615
9  Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services Corp  4,902,672  404
10  Cactus Drilling Company, LLC  4,784,639  490

Operators

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Marathon Oil Corporation remain as the top two operators, drilling a combined almost 20 million feet and almost 1,500 well starts.
*Data through 01/01/2016

Top 10 Operators

Rank Company Footage Drilled Well Starts
1  Anadarko Petroleum Corporation  12,111,066  1,053
2  Marathon Oil Corporation  7,817,560  443
3  Exxon Mobil Corporation  7,677,950  928
4  Chesapeake Energy Corporation  7,372,143  681
5  EOG Resources, Inc.  7,116,109  653
6  Pioneer Natural Resources Company  6,529,928  442
7  ConocoPhillips Company  5,811,178  542
8  QEP Resources, Inc.  5,001,547  408
9  Continental Resources, Inc.  4,903,144  452
10  BHP Billiton, Limited  4,669,518  336

Data source rigdata.com

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